History

The Ministry is headquartered at Ardhi House in community. This is where all National Lands matters and other concerns are handled. The Ministry has digitized over 3 million land records and also maintains a library full of the filed paper records for reference. We have records dating back to 1900, over 100 years old records are securely stored in both digital and paper records. We provide the online portal for land owners and buyers to carryout transactions such as search, transfer of ownership etc.

Mandate

In the executive order No.1/2016, the Ministry is charged with the following functions;

National Lands Policy and Management

Physical Planning

Land Transactions

Survey and Mapping

Land Adjudication

Settlement Matters

Rural Settlement Planning i.e. eco-village

Land Reclamation

Land Registration

National Spatial Infrastructure

Land and Property Valuation Services Administration

Administration of Public Land as Designated by the Constitution

Land Information Systems

Objectives

Ensure accessibility, equity and sustainable management of land resource for socio-economic development

Strengthen institutional capacity for efficient and effective service delivery

2018 – Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning is retained

2013 – Ministry of Lands is merged with Housing and Urban Development

2010 – New Constitution introduces community land management policy

2000 – District Land registries are formed

1970s – Land registries across the Country are established

1903 – Survey of Kenya is established under the colonial government

Vision

“To be a globally competitive organization in sustainable land management”.

Mission

“To facilitate improvement of the livelihood of Kenyans through efficient land administration, equitable access, secure tenure and sustainable management of land resource”.